Notes (III the Hi ids. 357 



Jiiiiuiiry S. V.vii). fdiir seen iioilli (if Culler mid t\v(i more just north of 

 (".•iiuilcii. Wliilc Ir.-ivcliii^' dii lliis diiy liy (riiiii fioin Terre Haute to 

 Lofiansport, (lie ("rdw \v;is the bird iii*ist frciiuciilly soon from the car 

 window. A t^odd iimiiy were seen, usually in I lie conifiolds or meadows, 

 huntinj; foi- food, 'rhcic was soiiii' snow on the .^Toniid. o^pooially between 

 'J'oiTo Ilantc and rraid<roit. 



111). Koi.icHo.wx oin/.ixoKis n.iiiiiaMis ( . hoisoi.i.nk. (494) 



A sprin}; and fall uiii;raiil. usnally rare, hnl soiiictinios soon in large 

 migrating flocks. 



Monroe Coiiiili/: Thirty or more seen. May (>. issi;. in a meadow at north 

 odgo of Dunn's woods (the i)ros(>nt Indiana University (-ampus). and 

 again on May S. ISSd, in meadows north of T'loomington, were several in 

 full song. 



]'i(/<) Couiihi: Consideralile lloeks seen in the spring by Professor Blatch- 

 ley and by me. usually in I lie meadows south of town or along the old 

 canal north of the city. 



Ciirroll Ciiuiitii: ( »n May 10. 1S8.S, I saw five or six on tlie old Michigan 

 road neai' Ileniy .Vppenzeller's. north of Burlington. These were the first 

 I ever saw in the county and I am confident the species was then a new 

 arrival. On May fi. 1884. several were seen near Deer Creek, and others 

 near Burlington about the same time, once in a meadow on the Full- 

 wider farm south of Burlington, and two or three times on my father's 

 farm. James INIilton Beck tells me ho has soon bobolinks in summer in the 

 meadow on this farm, which would indicate that the species breeds there 

 now. 



120. Mor.oTiiius ATEU ATKR ( Boddaort ) . cowiurd. (495) 



A fairly common summer resident in all the counties. 



The Cowbird is the only species of our birds which builds no nest of its 

 own I)ut habitually lays its eggs in the nests of other birds. Among the 

 species in wliove nests I have found cowbird eggs I may mention the fol- 

 lowing : 



Common Peine. Fern. Putnam Comity. May 9. ls90. three pewee and two 

 cowbird eggs: Kentucl;!i Warhler, Eel River Falls, Owen County. June 1, 

 1S88. three warbler and one cowbird eggs: Wood Thrush, near the dam on 

 Wild Cat Creek Jibove Burlington. Carroll County. Ms\y 24. 1883. two thrush 

 and three cowliird eggs: Oren-hirrh near Burlington. May 28. 1883, three 

 oven-bird and two cowbird eggs, foimd l)y A'ern Beck : another by me on 

 Turkey Run. I'arke County. :May 2:i. 1890. two cowbird eggs, incubation 

 begun, no oven-bird eggs: and Muriihnifl Yelloirthroal. near Bryant's Ford. 

 Parke Coimty, one cowbird and three .Maryland yellowthroat eggs. May 23, 

 1890. 



Other species in whose nests I have found cowbird eggs are: Cardinal 

 gros])eak. towhee. red-e.ved vireo. warbling vireo. scarlet tanager. Acadian 

 flycatcher, indigo bunting, worm eating warbler, yellow warbler. American 

 goldfinch, catbird, song sparrow, vesper si.ariow. kingbird. Baltimore oriole, 

 red-winged blackbird, and wood pewee. Delinite dates besides the above 

 are: 



